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631. Like Razorblade Pie: The Region Between (Feat. Abe Epperson)
🕑 Added 2023-09-29 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the novella The Region Between and the guest is podcaster and nemesis Abe Epperson.
This story is pretty obscure, so Michael took the time to digitize the prose, so go ahead and thank him. I mean, frankly, it’s rude if you don’t.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAXjckcKYuii7R8n3digGClwU51fqe0G/view?usp=sharing
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty
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Dr. DNA, PhD
The songwriting comment really got me thinking. I'm starting some first-time songwriting in the metal genre, and I want to focus a good chunk of the songs on an exploration of grief many years after a loss, and how the pains you deal with are different than when the loss first happened. Given this kind of lyrical content, I find myself writing some lines that could definitely sound like I'm unwell while writing/performing, but I'm actually doing very well, have been doing pretty good for a while, and I just want to be able to put words to the feelings I have when I'm at my lowest (days like death anniversaries and so on). Also, some deathcore (metal subgenre) bands that I think tackle topics like that very well and have great writers and performers behind them: Lorna Shore (particularly the album Pain Remains and the EP ...And I Return to Nothingness) Left To Suffer (particularly the albums Feral and On Death) Whitechapel (particularly the albums The Valley and Kin) Also, trigger warning on Lorna Shore's last 3 songs on Pain Remains: it talks about suicide and it is incredibly heart-wrenching, but I think those songs are a master-class in how to display despair musically, from the lyrics to the vocal style to the instrumentals. Impossible to keep a dry eye if you watch the videos and read the lyrics, so be forewarned! (Also their vocalist Will Ramos is bonkers good at scream vocals, and I highly recommend checking out his one-take performances on YouTube if you're into that)
drunkencoyote
Amazing
